Upcoming events

TIME, LANGUAGE, AND EMBODIMENT

Sunday 12 May 2024: 2.30 – 4.30 pm

In Person and on ZOOM

In my talk I shall discuss themes from my book, Time in Practice: Temporality, Intersubjectivity, and Listening Differently (Routledge 2024), an exploration of the significance of time in the therapeutic relationship and its importance as a vital catalyst for change. I shall reflect on the limitations of spatial metaphors, binaries of ‘inner’/‘outer’ in addressing the socio-political and historical specificity of individuals’ conscious and unconscious experiences. The impact of the Corona virus, the escalation of climate change, current political crises in the U.K. and globally, including the outbreak of wars, have highlighted for many psychotherapists that interpretations focusing primarily on the past do not suffice. From a relational perspective, the question of how we live our lives within intersubjective networks lived in the present in anticipation of the future and affected also by the past is crucial. Through case material (composite) and references to literature, autobiography, and contemporary philosophy, I shall explore how an attention to time and creativity in the therapeutic relationship can open out previously unimagined possibilities of being and speaking as embodied individuals.

Mary Lynne Ellis is a relational analytical/phenomenological psychotherapist in private practice in London. With nearly forty years’ experience, she has also worked as an art therapist in the NHS and the voluntary sector. In the 1990s she established a therapeutic community in London. She has taught on psychotherapy and art therapy trainings and lectured widely in the UK, Ireland and Chile on questions of time, language, embodiment, and identities in psychotherapy, particularly in relation to experiences of marginalization and discrimination. Her publications include a wide range of articles and two books: Questioning Identities; Philosophy in Psychoanalytic Practice (co-authored with Noreen O’Connor, 2010) and Time in Practice: Analytical Perspectives on the Times of our Lives (2008). An updated edition entitled Time in Practice; Temporality, Intersubjectivity, and Listening Differently (Routledge, 2024) has recently been published. She is also a practising visual artist.

Venue: Association for Group and Individual Psychotherapy, 1 Fairbridge Rd London N19 3EW

Tickets: £10 – £15

In Person: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/860980946187?aff=oddtdtcreator

Online : https://www.eventbrite.com/e/861394212277?aff=oddtdtcreator

Saturday 4th May 2024

ETHICS OPEN FORUM – ON ZOOM 9.30am till 10.30am

A FREE AGIP ONLY CPD EVENT FOR MEMBERS, TRAINEES AND STUDENTS

The Professional Ethics Committee, in collaboration with the Continuing Professional Development Committee, continues its forums where AGIP members can share and discuss ethical dilemmas, and thus gain further understanding when thinking through dilemmas.

There will be no set agenda or reading for these meetings which will be based around issues raised by members on the day. You don’t need to have a dilemma to join the forum, but you are encouraged to participate as everyone’s thoughts will be welcomed.

What is discussed in these meetings is strictly confidential. A CPD Certificate will be made available after the event.

Please email office@agip.org.uk for zoom details.

Sunday 28th April 2024

Time: 10am- 12 noon

Location: 1 Fairbridge Road, London N19 3EW

Thinking about training in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy?

The AGIP Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training is the training wing of the Association for Group and Individual Psychotherapy (AGIP) which offers an exciting, rewarding and challenging training programme.

On the Open Day you will get a chance to meet AGIP members who are involved with the training, and qualified psychotherapists who are successfully working in a variety of fields as well as private practice.

Foundation Year

This course will run on 10 Saturdays over the Academic Year 2024/2025. This course is aimed at those who are considering a clinical training as well as those who have a broader interest in psychoanalytic ideas and want to learn more.

Three Year Clinical Training

This course will run over 10 weekends, once a month. It will include theoretical and clinical seminars, an infant observation, and a psychiatric placement, alongside work with training patients under supervision.

Both courses will be taught from a pluralist perspective, and will include traditional psychotherapeutic concepts as well as thinking that have developed in the 21st Century.

Visit our training web site to sign up for the Open Day: psychotherapytraining.co or email training@agip.org.uk